Cast-off.



Nrrnn TATES Patented May 12, 1903.

ATENT. QFFICE.

CAST-OFF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,073, dated May 12,1903.

Application filed April 1'7, 1 902.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH F. BARTEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bayonne, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey,have invented new and useful Improvements in Cast-Offs, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to cast-offs; and it consists of certain featuresof construction possessing various advantages, such as requisitestrength and durability and cheapness or simplicity of manufacture, asset forth in the following specification and claim and illustrated inthe annexed drawings, in Which Figure 1 is a front elevation of thecast-0E as applied to a suspender-strap. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation ofthe cast-ofi, and Fig. 3 is a central vertical sectional View of thecast-off on the line Z'Z of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings by reference characters, a denotes the main orbody por-' tion of the cast-0E, which is substantially V shape incontour; a, the shank portion, which terminates in the hook 0, The shankportion a is adapted to support the suspenderend 17. A spring or tonguea is adapted to prevent the buttonhole-tabs or flat wide portions 1) ateach extremity of the end I) from running through the hook a and also toprevent the end I) from becoming detached from the seat or hook M. Thesuspenderend I) can thus be properly confined in the hook so as not tocome loose while being worn nor to run or slip out of the hook at whenthe suspenders are loose or not worn, as when exhibited in a store. Thespring a is formed from the body portion athat is to say, the centralportion of the body a is cut out and then bent downwardly and its freeend bent inwardly in a'curvilinearmannor, as at a toward the shank a.The free end of the spring a is constructed in a curvilinear manner andextends toward the shank a to form a suitable stop for keeping'the sus?penderend I) in place. The shank a is formed with an aperture 0, whichwill permit of the curved end a being forced through the shank a whenpressure is brought upon the spring a so the suspender-end b can beremoved from the seat or hook 0, The nor- SerialNo.103,392. (No model.)

mal position of the spring a is against the inner face of the hook o Theend a when the spring is in its normal position lies above the path ofthe Suspender-end b, so as to confine it in the seat or hook or, inother words, prevent the end I) rising up out of or unhooking-itselffrom the hook 0, The top of the body portion a is provided with asuitable out or slit d for the passage of the suspenderstrap or bandportion e. By such slit or cut a bar or cross-piece a is formed at thetop of the body portion a. This'cross-bar a is bent away or made to lieoutside or clear of the plane of the body portion a of the castoff, sothat the strap e does not have to be bent to pass through the slit d,but can be kept in the same plane, and thus run along or over theshoulders of the wearer. The bar a is also bent downwardly or toward thehook 013, so as to extend somewhat past or overlap the slit d or thelower rim of the slit, so as to hold the strap against the body portion.

The shank a is provided .with lateral lugs a at its junction with thebody portion a. These lugs a form stops to prevent the susponder-strapwhen lying about the cast-0E from slipping down or onto the hook orshank a.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A cast-off consisting of a body portion provided at its lower end with adepending spring and at its upper end with a bar projecting therefromand lying clear of the plane of said body portion, and a shank integralwith the lower end of said body por tion, terminating at its lower endin a hook and provided with an opening through which is adapted toextend the free end of said spring, said shank further provided at itstop with laterally-extending stops or lugs.

In testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

RUDOLPH F. BARTEL. Witnesses:

CHAS. E. POENSGEN, E. F. KAS'IENHUBER.

